Booking Setup

Connect your calendar and configure your availability for live booking.

Pro

Before TradieToolBox can book appointments live, it needs to know when you're available. There are two ways to set this up — choose whichever suits you.

Option A — Google Calendar integration (recommended)

Connect your Google Calendar and TradieToolBox will check your real-time availability during every call. Confirmed bookings are added to your calendar automatically.

Go to Settings → Integrations

Connect Google Calendar

Click Connect next to Google Calendar. You'll be taken to Google to authorise access. TradieToolBox only needs read/write access to your calendar — nothing else.

Select your calendar

If you have multiple Google Calendars, select which one TradieToolBox should use for reading availability and adding bookings.

Set your working hours

In Settings → Availability, set your working hours for each day. TradieToolBox will only offer slots within these hours, regardless of what's in your calendar.

Set your job duration

Set a default job duration (e.g. 1 hour, 90 minutes). This determines how slots are calculated. You can override this per job type if needed.

Tip

We recommend creating a dedicated Google Calendar called "TradieToolBox Jobs" and connecting that, rather than your personal calendar. Keeps things clean.

Option B — Manual availability windows

If you don't use Google Calendar, you can set fixed availability windows instead. TradieToolBox will offer slots within these windows without checking a live calendar.

Go to Settings → Availability

Set your available days and hours for each day of the week.

Set your slot length

Choose how long each job slot is — this determines what gets offered to callers.

Block out time as needed

Add one-off blocks (holidays, training, etc.) in Settings → Blocked dates.

Important

Without Google Calendar integration, TradieToolBox can't see your existing bookings. There's a risk of double-booking if you're also taking bookings through other channels. We strongly recommend Option A for this reason.

Testing booking

Once set up, do a test call and go through to the booking stage. TradieToolBox should offer you slots and confirm one. Check your Google Calendar — the booking should appear within a few seconds of the call ending.

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